Locally, the season has gone by without many fires, and Park County Rural Fire District #1 Chief Dann Babcox said if weather patterns continue to be cool and wet, he doesn’t expect many issues.

“Right now, we’re in better shape,” Babcox said.

He pointed out that Wednesday is the six-year anniversary of the Pine Creek fire, so the fire season is often still raging at this point.

Yellowstone National Park is still managing the 2,045-acre Bacon Rind fire on the west side of the park, and a new .1-acre was detected Friday 5 miles southwest of Tower-Roosevelt. The fire is being monitored but has not created any issues.